Your whole hostel, in your pocket
Record rent, mark staff attendance, approve a gate entry or check this month’s profit from your phone. The 1Stay app and the web dashboard share one account, so you can run the hostel from wherever you are.
- Rent on time
- Aadhaar-verified tenants
- Fill empty beds
- Real profit, live
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You are not always at a desk
Most owners run between properties, meet tenants and handle staff all day. A tool that only lives on a laptop does not fit that life.
Stuck to the desk
- Rent noted on a slip and entered later, if at all
- Calling the gate to ask who came in
- Finding out about a missed payment days too late
- Staff attendance guessed from memory
Handled from your phone
- Record a payment the moment cash or UPI comes in
- See gate entries and approve guests from anywhere
- Get a notification the minute rent is due or paid
- Mark staff attendance and advances on the spot
Everything the desk version does, on mobile
The app is not a cut-down version. It carries the full operation, tuned for a phone screen.
Rent from your phone
Record payments, share UPI or QR and clear dues without opening a laptop.
Live alerts
Rent due, gate entries and mess activity arrive as notifications the moment they happen.
Attendance & advances
Mark staff attendance and pay advances on the go, settled at month-end.
Gate on mobile
QR check-in, tenant selfies and guest approvals, right from the app.
Snap an expense
Photograph a receipt, log the expense and watch profit update instantly.
Profit in your pocket
Step through months and read profit and loss without waiting for a report.
Tenant KYC
Onboard tenants with Aadhaar or DigiLocker verification from the app.
Role-based access
Staff log in on their own phones with only the access you allow.
Mess attendance
Mark meals with a QR scan and keep the mess count honest.
What running on your phone gives you
The app is not about convenience for its own sake. This is what owners get back once the operation follows them.
Told, not chasing
Rent, gate and mess alerts reach you the moment they happen, day or night.
Run it on the move
Record rent, approve guests and check profit between properties or on the road.
Staff on their phones
Attendance and advances marked live and settled straight into payroll.
Expenses in a snap
Photograph a receipt and watch each property’s profit update instantly.
Download and go live the same day
Get the app
Install 1Stay from the App Store or Google Play, free.
Sign in once
Use the same account on app and web. Set up your property in minutes.
Add your team
Invite staff and give each one the exact access they need.
Run it anywhere
Rent, gate, mess and reports, all from your phone.
How a hostel management app changes your day
A dashboard tied to a laptop assumes you sit still all day. Most hostel owners do not. Here is what actually changes when the whole operation lives on your phone.
Record money the moment it moves
Rent rarely arrives at a convenient time. Cash at the door, a UPI transfer at 10pm, a partial payment mid-week. With the app you record it the second it happens, so nothing is written on a slip and forgotten. The dues list and reports update instantly, and the tenant can see the payment reflected too.
See the gate without calling anyone
Instead of phoning the warden to ask who came in, you see gate entries and can approve guests from the app. Every entry carries a device-bound selfie, so the log is real rather than a name scribbled in a register. For owners running a property they do not sit at, this alone is worth the switch.
Put your staff on their own phones
Your manager, cook and cleaners each get the app with access scoped to what they do, like gate check-ins or mess attendance. They work from their own phones, you keep full visibility, and nobody sees rent or reports unless you allow it. Attendance and advances are marked on the spot and settle into payroll at month-end.
Get told, instead of going to look
Rent due, a gate entry, a mess count: these arrive as notifications the moment they happen. You stop opening a register at night to check what you missed, because the app already told you. That shift, from chasing information to being told, is the real value of running on mobile.
Keep working when the signal drops
Gates, basements and older buildings often have weak signal. The app keeps working offline and syncs your changes once you are back online, so a bad network never stops you from onboarding a tenant or recording a payment.
One account, use each screen for what it is best at
The app and the web dashboard share one account, so nothing is siloed. Handle the day on your phone, then sit at the web dashboard for month-end payroll, detailed reports and bulk work. Whatever you change in one shows up in the other.
Questions owners ask us
Put your hostel in your pocket
Download the 1Stay app and set up your first property today. Rent, gate and mess alerts follow you wherever you go.